Sr. Reliability Engineer

At Syner-G, we enable our people to build careers that impact positively on their quality of life. Through our expertise, insight, consulting, and management skills, we accelerate breakthrough science and delivery of life-enhancing therapies to more patients. We work across a diverse range of clients and projects, supporting organizations from the critical phases of drug discovery and approval through to commercialization. Our work is meaningful, varied, and thought-provoking, with a strategic emphasis and solutions-driven approach, leading to significant real-world outcomes.

Underpinning this mission is a culture that aligns with our goals. We enable our people to grow, support their learning, and reward them in numerous ways. Syner-G was recently honored with BioSpace's "Best Places to Work" 2026 award for the third consecutive year, reflecting our commitment to fostering a positive and engaging work environment with a focus on culture, career growth, development opportunities, financial rewards, leadership, and innovation.

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to provide technical leadership in improving the reliability, availability, and maintainability of critical building systems, infrastructure, and facility assets across life sciences and research environments. This role advances the Reliability Engineering Program through optimization of CMMS processes, maintenance planning, asset management, and data-driven reliability initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in reliability engineering, maintenance strategy development, and CMMS administration, with a strong understanding of critical facility systems supporting laboratory, research, manufacturing, and GMP-regulated operations. This individual will partner closely with Facilities, Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, Quality, and external service providers to improve asset performance, reduce unplanned downtime, and drive continuous improvement.

Travel to client sites may be required based on project phase and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability assessments, root cause investigations, failure analysis, and corrective action efforts for critical facility and infrastructure systems.
• Own and maintain the CMMS platform, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of asset records, preventive maintenance schedules, work order data, equipment documentation, and reporting.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance strategies based on equipment criticality and reliability risk.
• Analyze equipment performance, downtime trends, maintenance history, and reliability metrics to identify improvement opportunities and drive asset performance.
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance activities in alignment with asset criticality, resource availability, and operational priorities.
• Develop and maintain maintenance planning processes, work management workflows, and maintenance performance reporting.
• Support execution of condition monitoring programs, including vibration analysis, infrared thermography, oil analysis, utility monitoring, and other predictive maintenance techniques.
• Perform and facilitate FMEA, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), and asset criticality assessments.
• Partner with Engineering, Facilities, Maintenance, and Operations teams to optimize maintenance programs, spare parts strategies, equipment lifecycle management, and reliability initiatives.
• Support new equipment installations, facility expansion projects, commissioning, qualification, and startup activities from a reliability and maintainability perspective.
• Generate and communicate reliability scorecards, PM compliance metrics, work order performance indicators, shared utility uptime metrics, and other key performance measures.
• Author and maintain SOPs, maintenance procedures, technical work instructions, and reliability program documentation.
• Ensure maintenance and reliability strategies align with safety, regulatory, GMP, and site operational requirements.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert and provide guidance to maintenance personnel, engineers, and cross-functional project teams.
• Identify and lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing downtime, increasing equipment availability, improving maintenance efficiency, and lowering total cost of ownership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Facilities Engineering, or a related technical discipline required.
• Equivalent combination of education and relevant industry experience may be considered.
• Reliability-focused certifications such as CMRP, CRL, CRE, or equivalent are preferred.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, asset management, maintenance planning, or CMMS administration within life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, commercial real estate, manufacturing, or industrial environments.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing reliability-centered maintenance programs and asset management strategies.
• Hands-on experience with CMMS platforms such as MRI Angus, Maximo, SAP PM, eMaint, or equivalent systems.
• Experience managing asset hierarchies, preventive maintenance programs, work order processes, equipment records, and maintenance reporting within a CMMS environment.
• Experience with reliability methodologies including FMEA, RCM, RCFA, criticality analysis, predictive maintenance, and condition monitoring programs.
• Strong understanding of facility infrastructure and critical building systems, including HVAC, chilled water, hot water, steam, compressed air, electrical distribution, central utility plants, and building automation systems.
• Experience supporting facility operations within regulated environments, including GMP, GxP, biotech, pharmaceutical, or laboratory facilities preferred.
• Experience supporting commissioning, startup, qualification, maintenance optimization, and lifecycle asset management initiatives.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, and experience developing maintenance metrics, dashboards, and reliability performance reporting.

Skills

• Strong technical knowledge of reliability engineering principles, maintenance planning, and asset performance management.
• Ability to analyze equipment failures, maintenance trends, and operational data to identify root causes and implement sustainable solutions.
• Strong understanding of preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance methodologies.
• Knowledge of NFPA 70B electrical maintenance practices, industry standards, and facility reliability best practices preferred.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with facilities personnel, engineers, operations teams, vendors, and executive stakeholders.
• Proven ability to drive continuous improvement initiatives and influence positive operational change.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently while contributing effectively within cross-functional teams.

Essential Functions

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use a computer, communicate with others, and operate standard office equipment. The employee may frequently walk throughout facility environments, climb stairs, inspect equipment, and occasionally lift or carry items weighing up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: Work may be performed in office, laboratory, manufacturing, and facility environments, including mechanical spaces and utility areas. Noise levels and environmental conditions may vary depending on work location and operational activities.

Benefits

We define total rewards as compensation, benefits, remote work/flexibility, development, recognition, and our culture with programs that support each of these pillars. This includes:

• A market competitive base salary and annual incentive plan.
• Robust benefit offerings.
• Generous flexible paid time off program, company-paid holidays, and flexible working hours.
• Fully remote work options for most positions and the ability to work "almost anywhere."
• Ongoing recognition and career development opportunities.
• Office locations in Greater Boston; San Diego, CA; Boulder, CO; and India for those preferring a physical workspace.

Pay

The expected salary range for this position is $130,000 to $150,000 yearly. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.